Claims Assessor - #1798123

About

Claims Assessor

Salary: Circa £38000

Are you someone who thrives on helping others and has experience in assessing protection claims?

Do you enjoy working in a supportive team where empathy and attention to detail matter?

If that sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you.

A Bit About The Job

You’ll join a passionate team that handles life insurance, income protection, terminal illness, and critical illness claims. From start to finish, you’ll guide customers through their claims journey with care and clarity.

You’ll manage claims across multiple systems, suggest improvements, and adapt to new technologies. You’ll also support customers with empathy, especially during sensitive conversations, and refer complex cases to specialists when needed.

This role is all about making a difference—by supporting people when they need it most.

Skills And Experience We’re Looking For

• Experience assessing life-related products (e.g., life insurance, terminal illness, critical illness, income protection).
• Knowledge of legal aspects like probate and CIDRA rules.
• Experience managing claims end-to-end, including signing out claims decisions independently.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills - working with reinsurers and medical officers, and handling misrepresentation cases.
• A keen eye for detail and the ability to make sound decisions.
  
  

What You’ll Get For This Role

• Starting salary circa £38,000 (depending on location, skills, and experience)
• Bonus opportunity – up to 8% of annual salary
• Generous pension – Aviva contributes up to 14%
• 29 days holiday plus bank holidays (with the option to buy/sell 5 days)
• Up to 40% discount on Aviva products and other retailer discounts
• Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares per year
• Supportive policies including parental and carer’s leave
• Flexible benefits including cycle to work and sustainability options
• 3 paid volunteering days to support your community
• Wellbeing support and tools to help you thrive
  
  

Aviva is for everyone

We’re inclusive and welcome everyone – we want applications from all backgrounds and experiences. Excited but not sure you tick every box? Even if you don’t, we would still encourage you to apply. We also consider all forms of flexible working, including part time and job shares.

We flex locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you. Most of our people are smart working – spending around 50% of their time in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues.

To find out more about working at Aviva take a look here

We interview every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the job. Once you’ve applied, please send us an email stating that you have a disclosed disability, and we’ll interview you.

We’d love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, please contact Vivien Gergaly on [email protected]

• Bristol, England
  
  

Languages

• English